DAY 9 Peebles-Auchterarder

THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE

Still here and doing it!

RIDE TIME; 5 HOURS 28 MINS
MILEAGE; 80
AVG SPEED: 14.6mph

We found the ride quite flat till we reached Edinburgh, had to stop at Roslyn Chapel to check out the Knights Templar but it was not open as the National Trust now own it and were doing some restoration works, bit of a shame as Andy wanted to find the Holy Grail on this trip..............

We went over the Forth Bridge - fantastic views to the railway bridge, it was very windy and it was blowing into our faces so made it a bit hard going at times. We made our way across the mountain road and arrived at Gleneagles - what a stunning place with great views from the golf course, photos to follow!

Rob has got a problem with this freewheel, we don't have a spare but stripped it out as best we could as its a sealed unit, we will just have to see how it goes, Rob not finishing is NOT an option and as the girls have said we can always hire a bike for the last bit, only 3 days left now, we cant believe how far up we have come looking at the map of the UK, its been a great trip and we will all be sorry to finish at John O'Groats.

Us girls were on the campsite by 10.30am we seem to be getting earlier!! Good run up, nice little site the lady put us in the car park as we were leaving early and wanted a BIG space for me to reverse the caravan into so we parked up there and went into Auchterarder and had lunch at the cafe, nice little place not much there but we did a bit of shopping so we could feed the lads then went back and chilled most of the afternoon as we are starting to feel worn out as well, we are just so glad that we don't have to put the tent up and down every day - we would of been dead on our feet by now!!! Thanks again Paul!!!!

Tracy

DAY 8 Carlisle-Peebles

The things you find..........................

Lovely Scotland!


RIDE TIME; 5 HOURS 6 MIN
MILEAGE; 75.4
AVG SPEED; 14.79

We managed to find WIFI at last and update the blog!!!

We left this morning in drizzle, first sign of any rain at all on the whole trip. Carlisle was very busy as we made our way to the A7. The scenery is very dramatic with mountains, forests and rivers, we saw a sign that said "Please drive careful, red squirrels crossing"!!! Met a couple on holiday from California they were cycling from London to Edinburgh.

In the middle of nowhere we found a Tibetan Monastery.

This has to be the best cycling we have ever done and that includes Cyprus and Mount Olympus!

Peebles is a lovely place, us girls found a nice Hotel to do lunch and update the Internet as best we could, we had Haggis which was very nice!

Boys got back to the camp site around 4pm after a great ride, legs and bums are fine so we have been informed!

Off to Auchterarder tomorrow, Andy had named it Auto Trader cause he cant say it...........

Tracy